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Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by mehrdadn on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @10:21AM (#17558634)
For the ones that allow you to, yeah. But how would you e.g. easily disable/delete Google Play Services (say, if you didn't want Google on your phone)? The disable option is disabled.

Also, even when I try disabling some of these built-in Google apps that I supposedly can disable, I get a prompt warning me that "If you disable a built-in app, other apps may misbehave"... you can't keep a straight face telling a user "oh but you can easily disable this!" when you yourself are telling them the consequence is that it might break other things on their phone. (!)

Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by testvox on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:16PM (#17559664)
They just mean apps that use Google play services will be broken. I don't think that's unreasonable. it seems you want it both ways, you want the ability to remove or disable Google play services, without losing access to them.
Re:Google warns Android might not remain free because of EU ... by gmiller123456 on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:51PM (#17559980)
A lot of built in apps do not offer services to other apps, but they still display the same message. Google Play Services is the exceptional case.